Solar Oven Recipes for Chocolate Fondue

Mix sunshine and chocolate for a fondue

Seattle winter survival relies on coffee and chocolate in their many
forms. Chocolate fondue is way up there on the list of survival foods.

One dreary January, being a solar cooker fan, I wondered if my indoor winter
survival chocolate fondue could be made outdoors in a solar slow cooker.
After all, this model solar cooker works on a low heat that is perfect
for melting chocolate. No double boiler necessary.

That was all the excuse that I needed to flee in search of some sun.

So, I made my
escape to Phoenix in early February to experiment with combining
sunshine and chocolate (and to visit my Mother, sister and
brother-in-law)

and 1/2 ounce of Grand Marnier ( about perfect for a background orange flavor. Too much makes the fondue bitter )

After
setting up our solar slow cooker, our small pot got very warm right
away, so in went the cream first, then the chocolate, and lastly, the
Grand Marnier.

The chocolate started melting right away.

Next was stirring it all up !

Then
bagging everything, the pot and ingredients, up in the solar slow
cooker. We checked on it in about 5 minutes and gave it a few stirs
before re-bagging it up to heat some more.

When the chocolate fondue was totally melted and of a consistent texture, it was ready! This took about ten minutes total.

Accidental Solar Fudge

Even with four chocolate loving adults we had about half of our fondue left over.

What to do?

Well, my Mom kindly volunteered to store the leftovers in her
'fridge. It took several hours after we got home for her to confess that
she recognized a great homemade fudge when she saw it.

She loves fudge!

Smart lady !

Chocolate Fondue Fixin's

The wonders of these solar oven recipes is that you have a Universe of flavor combinations. Vary the tastes of the fondue itself with the following ingredients, or use your imagination to add to our collection, that follows, of what to dip in it.

It's all good!

Even if you are enjoying your fondue "commando style" ( with your
fingers), you can add to your chocolate a background flavor of :

Ameretto - almond flavor

Frangelico - hazelnut flavor

Grand Marnier - orange flavor

Cherry Kiafa or Kirsch or Brandy for the cherry flavor

Coffee ! - Mocha flavor

Chile Pepper - this is tasty, think Mole sauce

Rasberries - pureed

Blackberries - pureed

Mint

Plums - pureed

Coconut

Peanut Butter

Cranberries - minced

The
trick here is that you want a background flavor that appears and
lingers in your mouth after the initial chocolate flavor burst.

I
hope that by now you're craving to taste a chocolate fondue.We made a
very good memory that day. You can make your own delectable memories enjoying these solar oven recipes by
clicking on the link below and ordering a solar slow cooker.